[HPforGrownups] Re: Significance of Harry's blood in Voldemort

[Taryn Kimel]

No: HPFGUIDX 82397

Donna:
> Ah, but you have to remember, I am a true believer in happy 
endings.  
> I would so hate it if Harry dies.  It would be a tremendous let 
down 
> for me.
> 
   Jeff:

   Well, I *hope* it won't happen, but I somehow think that whatever 
happens in the end, while it might be happy, it won't be as happy as 
what we would really consider happy. Think of how all the previous 
books have ended. Yes, Harry wins, but always at some cost, and it 
looks like Jo always makes Harry pop back up at the station or the 
great hall just as an afterthought for the epilogue. Harry wins, but 
always seems the worse for the wear. What will he be like in the last 
book? Crippled? Missing a limb, an eye? Somehow I don't think he'll 
be totally unscathed. 

Taryn:
I'm such a sucker for tragedy that I almost feel like I'm rooting for Harry dying. There's no way he's getting through unscathed, as you said, but I'm convinced of his death (and of Hermione and Ron retained their lives, but that just might be the R/H shipper in me talking). The giving of yourself as a sacrifice to save the world is, of course, one of the greatest Christian ideals, which just reminds me of that post Ernie made recently about Sirius' sacrifice.

Or maybe I just really love depressing books. :P

--Taryn

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